00 gauge diorama of the great train robbery, hornby Royal Mail tinplate carriage bought from eBay years ago for 99p. 

Worryingly , I remember that 


Ed
 

Ed said

Worryingly , I remember that 


Ed
 

From “Post #291,071”, 18th January 2025, 2:15 pm

hi Ed. I was 3 years old when it happened. 

Me too Ed - I was at college when it happened and thought they had enough cheek they ought to get away with it.  Didn't really think too much about the poor driver.

Nice idea Graham but being hyper-critical, I think I'd have used a different coach……………………………

Hi, I just used the one I had to depict the scene. I’d had the coach for ages and then came up with the idea to do the diorama. 

I thought I’d got the right carriage more or less. Looking at the images, 

Close Graham - it looks as if they used the wrong one in the film - the film one looks like a Gresley teak (if your opening photo is from the film .................)

Hi Peter, ye the opening photo is from the film. I just put it in there for a comparison to my diorama. 
Maybe they wouldn’t let them use the original carriage. 
Your knowledge of the railways exceeds mine by leaps and bounds. I’m a novice, I just thought it looked the part so to speak thanks for the input. 
Ps you did get me thinking that I might have got it wrong but I googled it and thought that the carriage I had was close enough ( I think it’s a hornby from the 60s or 70s it’s made of metal, I got it from eBay years ago because it looked like it needed something doing with it)

Nice model.  In recent years there was a large diorama of The Great Train Robbery doing the rounds of the shows in South East England.  One had to enter a tent to view the spectacle.

Terry

col.stephens said

Nice model.  In recent years there was a large diorama of The Great Train Robbery doing the rounds of the shows in South East England.  One had to enter a tent to view the spectacle.

Terry

From “Post #291,095”, 19th January 2025, 10:59 am

Hi thanks Terry. Ps I have come across the diorama you mentioned on google a few years ago. 
The Great Train Robbery (diorama)

Petermac said

Close Graham - it looks as if they used the wrong one in the film - the film one looks like a Gresley teak (if your opening photo is from the film ……………..)

From “Post #291,087”, 18th January 2025, 9:43 pm

They probably just got hold of what they could to do the film.

Phil.c said

Petermac said

Close Graham - it looks as if they used the wrong one in the film - the film one looks like a Gresley teak (if your opening photo is from the film ……………..)

From “Post #291,087”, 18th January 2025, 9:43 pm

They probably just got hold of what they could to do the film.

From “Post #291,099”, 19th January 2025, 1:16 pm

hi ye probably, looking at mine and the one in the film they are not right but they support the illusion of what it’s portraying. The original that’s in the museum has windows in, I only just noticed that!.

I wouldn't worry too much about it Graham - maybe it was the lack of windows that highlighted the "wrong" coach - they certainly wouldn't have been allowed anywhere near the actual one for the film although using the Gresley does seem a bit odd.  You're right in that they just used what was available Phil but surely there was a later TPO carriage somewhere.  Having said that, the Gresley does look very nice …………………..

I laughed at your comment about my knowledge of railways Graham - I will admit to knowing the difference between a steam loco and a diesel but even my memory of railways "when I was a lad" is often wayward.  I know what I like and don't run anything I don't like, I absolutely hate the BR large logo scheme and am not keen on the blue era either but Mk 1, Mk 11 and other Mks are just numbers - I'm actually a "Big 4" fan with LNER and LMS heading the list but what ran when and with what remains a mystery……

Petermac said

I wouldn't worry too much about it Graham - maybe it was the lack of windows that highlighted the "wrong" coach - they certainly wouldn't have been allowed anywhere near the actual one for the film although using the Gresley does seem a bit odd.  You're right in that they just used what was available Phil but surely there was a later TPO carriage somewhere.  Having said that, the Gresley does look very nice …………………..

I laughed at your comment about my knowledge of railways Graham - I will admit to knowing the difference between a steam loco and a diesel but even my memory of railways "when I was a lad" is often wayward.  I know what I like and don't run anything I don't like, I absolutely hate the BR large logo scheme and am not keen on the blue era either but Mk 1, Mk 11 and other Mks are just numbers - I'm actually a "Big 4" fan with LNER and LMS heading the list but what ran when and with what remains a mystery……

From “Post #291,106”, 19th January 2025, 3:17 pm

👍🏻 ohh, I thought you were a bit of a rail buff. My memories from when I was little were things like looking on at the operations in the goods yard when I went into town and I remember being on the platform at the nearby station with my grandad, he was holding me and a steam train pulled up. I remember the noise and the smoke and I was scared to death. That’s about as far as it goes for me, but I enjoy making the models and recreating things. 

Nice. Royal Mail coaches had gangway doors to the side, not in the middle - there was no way you could get in from the train. Somebody used to do a kit for this, including a decent mailbag catcher door/arm and netting.

Railway Post Office (RPO) staff in the US were armed, and the car had the diaphragms (gangways) to the passenger of the train locked.

Watched a working exhibition of an operating one a few years ago at the GWR Society site in Didcot.

BCDR said

Nice. Royal Mail coaches had gangway doors to the side, not in the middle - there was no way you could get in from the train. Somebody used to do a kit for this, including a decent mailbag catcher door/arm and netting.

Railway Post Office (RPO) staff in the US were armed, and the car had the diaphragms (gangways) to the passenger of the train locked.

Watched a working exhibition of an operating one a few years ago at the GWR Society site in Didcot.

From “Post #291,127”, 21st January 2025, 12:22 am

hi, thanks for the reply and the information.